Chapter Two: Negative Seven Million
“First tell me who owns Mountain & Sea.”
She turned away. Lin followed her to the elevators. “Wine, equipment, and silver are leaving. Service charges are delayed, so cash is leaving too. But Lanterns is full every night. Mountain & Sea takes the assets while Lanting keeps the debt. Correct?”
The elevator opened. Su did not enter.
“Mountain & Sea was incorporated three months ago. Its shareholder is Chairman Gu's driver's wife,” she said. “Knowing that makes you more endangered, not more valuable.”
“I want our service charges back.”
“Those are now the same problem.”
In the records room, she opened six months of ledgers. Lanting had paid Mountain & Sea $4.
